Alcea apterocarpa

Alcea apterocarpa is a tall hollyhock plant native to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, the Sinai, and Turkey.

Description

Alcea apterocarpa is a tall hollyhock with thick stems. It is distinctive for its woolly stems, many-lobed stem leaves and large flowers. The flowers have pink, violet or white petals. It is typically found at roadsides, fields, rocky slopes, calcareous ground, and steppes.
It has a long epicalyx, its fruit segments are wingless and rugose. Its stellate-pilose are hairy.
It is similar in appearance to Alcea biennis, but A. biennis has winged fruit segments whereas Alcea apterocarpa does not.